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The Managers - Brian Little
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courtslcfc
The Leper of the board.
The Martin Allen one was good.
Any chat on there about his 5 minutes at our club?!
courtslcfc
The Leper of the board.
Yeah. Explains how he was sacked for not signing Hasslebank.
FlemingtonFox
Roofer
Good listen. Little comes across as a decent guy.
Filbo65
Roofer
I think he was.
Didn't Martin George express his regret afterwards for throwing him under the bus before that game?
He was just the sort of no-nonsense pragmatist that I'd have preferred to TCM this summer. He did a really important job for us in those three or so years, and brought me some amazing memories.
astleyfox
Roofer
Little doesnt get credit for how important a figure he was in our history.I think he was.
Didn't Martin George express his regret afterwards for throwing him under the bus before that game?
He was just the sort of no-nonsense pragmatist that I'd have preferred to TCM this summer. He did a really important job for us in those three or so years, and brought me some amazing memories.
courtslcfc
The Leper of the board.
It's his fault we lost to Swindon.
bannedontherun
Roofer
Surely that was actually down to a very dodgy penalty? And Elleray being the ref.
Filbo65
Roofer
I suspect that was tongue in cheek...
(Poole or Skippy would be higher up my undeserved blame list, but you've nailed the culprits – along with White.)
But who will ever forget the comeback, and Thommo's goal remains in my top three City moments of all time.
I was sent home from work the following day as I was still of no use to no-man...
courtslcfc
The Leper of the board.
Not at all.
Three nil down and nothing to play for he let the shackles off.
BANG
BANG
BANG
Three Three.
Suddenly he's scrambling for his notebook and makes everyone get back into position.
Then the inevitable, Hoddle suddenly isn't getting chased down so can dictate from midfield. 30 yard passes here and there, 70? Yard passes into the box.
Then the penalty curse struck again.
Although I don't think I have ever re-watched that particular match so maybe it's just what I remember from the time.
When you consider where we were when he arrived (and the many years before it) compared to when he left (and the many years afterwards), it was one of the most transformational periods in our history. However, no manager would be given that time these days (current situation is case in point). He is a gentleman and when you listen to this episode you can understand why he left - he's villa through and through - and did really well there too. I have only good memories of those times and that equaliser at Wembley created a noise I don't think I've heard since
Collibosher
Roofer
Great manager...he gave us a much needed boost...still glad I didn't hold up a 'liar' or 'judas' sign when he returned.
Glastotorfox
Roofer
Exactley that, White got the Penalty when Poole got the ball, White tumbled over, Penalty given by Elleray. He was the referee who disallowed the goal for Chesterfield v Middlesborough that had crossed the line in a FA Cup semi final about 2 or 3 years later. Another old bloke who lives in our Village is a Swindon fan and was at that PO final, I was too, he met White at a Swindon reunion event and claims White winked at him when he asked was it a penalty against Leicester? On Brian Little, he played a very important part of our history, on a small budget he built teams that got to the play off final in 92, 93, 94, beating the sheep 2-1 in 94, the first win at Wembley for LCFC in 7 attempts. His teams played with real fight and were entertaining, he was one of our best managers, it was a great time to be a fan.
Nomadic Fox
Non-Member
Not quite straight away. Oldfield had a chance to 4-3 up not long after equalising. Or at least that is what I remeber but that was such a crazy 20 minutes where the emotions were all over the place. Remains one of my all time favourite games despite the result.
borebage53
Knife & Fork pending
Great tackle by Swindon defender Shaun Taylor on David Oldfield stopped a certain goal for us when it was 3-3. My abiding memory of that day too!
Glastotorfox
Roofer
Little had no choice, he had key players out injured so he had to put a starting 11 out of who was available. The odds were against us that day, big spending Derby were at full strengt, it was not pretty but we beat the sheep 2-1, gr.eat management I would say
bannedontherun
Roofer
Brian Little was a breath of fresh air after the shit we'd put up with before.
hand_of_jod
Roofer
Brian Little in my top 3 Leicester managers.
Brought the “feel good” factor back after years and years of shite.
Our away support was immense under him.
IMO he introduced what I feel is our identity.
Fight , desire , work rate - never out of it and the opposition knew they were in a game.
Brought the “feel good” factor back after years and years of shite.
Our away support was immense under him.
IMO he introduced what I feel is our identity.
Fight , desire , work rate - never out of it and the opposition knew they were in a game.
